If you're blowing cash on a dev team (let's say 5 folks at $120K/year each with benefits), you're going to try to save $1-2K a year so you don't have to host the final product (perhaps a publicly-facing final product) on its own server?
From his web site:"Most computer programmers learn one programming language."
Umm...I'm sure I've ever met a programmer who only knew one language. Even in college, I had to navigate six (mainframe and PC assembler, COBOL, C, C++, FORTRAN) in coursework and 3 more (Perl, Java and Javascript) in my campus job, not to mention all the scripting and compiling environments I had to navigate to get things to work.
>> "The government is definitely demanding SSL keys from providers," said one person who has responded to government attempts to obtain encryption keys. The source spoke with CNET on condition of anonymity.
So...some guy said "yes, they're collecting keys." No written evidence, no names. We demand "citation" from people posting backstories of cartoon characters on Wikipedia, so how exactly is this "confirmation" of anything?
As a Yahoo webmail user, it appears that they sell an annoying little ad that looks just like an email entry and gets inserted into your list of emails. When people click on it (I've done it myself a couple of times by accident), some stupid mark gets charged and the clicker makes a mental note to never buy anything from that advertiser again.
To "subsidize" the government-provide items you listed, you need to pay taxes. By and large, the "urban poor" do not pay much in taxes (except perhaps local sales taxes or use fees). The only reason "subsidize" makes any sense in the original article is that many poor people pay for telecommunications services out of their own pockets.
>> I pitched a Lego construction game in 1989, and guess what: Minecraft is basically a Lego construction game.
Sounds like the "Adventure Construction Set" (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adventure_Construction_Set) - that's was the Minecraft of the 2D world back in the 1980s.
1) List all brands Nintendo has shipped 2) Count how many variations of the brand shipped (NES, SNES, SNES spin-off), store as Editions 3) If Editions > 2 and the brand is not shipping on Wii... 4) Crap out Wii edition of brand, cross fingers
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>> Schrödinger's Cat
Thus testing the character parsing and storage of half the blog sites left on the Internet. (With an apostrophe and an umlaut.)
Makes sense to me. I always run at least 2 and often 3 different browsers simultaneously - even more if I'm using my phone to surf in front of my computer. (See earlier comment for reasons why.)
The "switch to different user" isn't quite what I'm looking for. I want something that allows me to be signed on to Gmail and other services as three different users (day job, personal, side business, etc.) at the same time.
I cut back on Firefox because it froze up on me too many times on sites with Flash - even with Flashblock enabled and all software updated. I do most of my surfing on Chrome now.
However, the reason why I typically run three browsers at a time at work is this: one for my corporate ID (IE), one for web surfing and personal sites (Chrome), and one for my alternate IDs (Firefox). I know Google Chrome is capable of split personalities (i.e. Incognito mode); if there was one feature that would get me to consolidate to a single browser it would be the ability to run multiple instances as different personalities at the same time.
>> ace JavaScript developers who can write brilliant code on both sides of the request transaction have yet to emerge,' he suggests. 'But if and when they do, the things they build could be jaw-dropping.
You mean they would be as good as real programmers? (i.e., People who use Javascript on the client side and something meatier for the server app.)
>> Then, after a few years, the license automatically changes to an open source license.
The "automatically changes" sounds more like the BS "sunset" clauses that go into evil but "temporary" legislation that increases taxes, increases surveillance, drops environmental protections and the like. Or copyrights and patents that can be deferred just about forever.
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If you're blowing cash on a dev team (let's say 5 folks at $120K/year each with benefits), you're going to try to save $1-2K a year so you don't have to host the final product (perhaps a publicly-facing final product) on its own server?
And it's "its" dammit. Happy SysAdmin Day.
At least someone documented it for public television.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HU92ryHp_Fg
That's cute, but isn't is a bit late since we seem to be moving away from the rule of law?
From his web site:"Most computer programmers learn one programming language."
Umm...I'm sure I've ever met a programmer who only knew one language. Even in college, I had to navigate six (mainframe and PC assembler, COBOL, C, C++, FORTRAN) in coursework and 3 more (Perl, Java and Javascript) in my campus job, not to mention all the scripting and compiling environments I had to navigate to get things to work.
...because it looks like that's the one he hurt thinking up this stuff.
>> "The government is definitely demanding SSL keys from providers," said one person who has responded to government attempts to obtain encryption keys. The source spoke with CNET on condition of anonymity.
So...some guy said "yes, they're collecting keys." No written evidence, no names. We demand "citation" from people posting backstories of cartoon characters on Wikipedia, so how exactly is this "confirmation" of anything?
>> written millions of pixels worth of material
If we're using true-color pixels (24-bits), that's at least an embarrassingly bad 48M bits of information.
Quick, someone tell this guy about compression, or at least 7-bit ASCII character sets please!
>> What exactly does Yahoo sell?
As a Yahoo webmail user, it appears that they sell an annoying little ad that looks just like an email entry and gets inserted into your list of emails. When people click on it (I've done it myself a couple of times by accident), some stupid mark gets charged and the clicker makes a mental note to never buy anything from that advertiser again.
i.e., WTF is the transcript link at?
To "subsidize" the government-provide items you listed, you need to pay taxes. By and large, the "urban poor" do not pay much in taxes (except perhaps local sales taxes or use fees). The only reason "subsidize" makes any sense in the original article is that many poor people pay for telecommunications services out of their own pockets.
>> Google released Chrome 28 yesterday
Dup dup dup, dup-dup dup dup: http://tech.slashdot.org/story/13/07/09/2238233/google-chrome-28-is-out-rich-notifications-for-apps-extensions
>> I pitched a Lego construction game in 1989, and guess what: Minecraft is basically a Lego construction game.
Sounds like the "Adventure Construction Set" (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adventure_Construction_Set) - that's was the Minecraft of the 2D world back in the 1980s.
You're probably better off going with theft protection. Your best bet might be to label it a "Linux Laptop" in big bold letters.
> the physics behind waterslides
Shouldn't that be "The Engineering Behind..."?
> National Geographic
Well...at least the article will feature some topless photos.
1) List all brands Nintendo has shipped
2) Count how many variations of the brand shipped (NES, SNES, SNES spin-off), store as Editions
3) If Editions > 2 and the brand is not shipping on Wii...
4) Crap out Wii edition of brand, cross fingers
>> Schrödinger's Cat
Thus testing the character parsing and storage of half the blog sites left on the Internet. (With an apostrophe and an umlaut.)
>> Damn, that's a 108% market saturation!
Makes sense to me. I always run at least 2 and often 3 different browsers simultaneously - even more if I'm using my phone to surf in front of my computer. (See earlier comment for reasons why.)
>> Chrome supports multiple "users".
The "switch to different user" isn't quite what I'm looking for. I want something that allows me to be signed on to Gmail and other services as three different users (day job, personal, side business, etc.) at the same time.
I cut back on Firefox because it froze up on me too many times on sites with Flash - even with Flashblock enabled and all software updated. I do most of my surfing on Chrome now.
However, the reason why I typically run three browsers at a time at work is this: one for my corporate ID (IE), one for web surfing and personal sites (Chrome), and one for my alternate IDs (Firefox). I know Google Chrome is capable of split personalities (i.e. Incognito mode); if there was one feature that would get me to consolidate to a single browser it would be the ability to run multiple instances as different personalities at the same time.
>> Those are not skills for this summer, those are skills for several summers ago.
Heh. Wish I had mod points today. Can anyone else speculate on why these would be "skills for summer" anyway?
>> ace JavaScript developers who can write brilliant code on both sides of the request transaction have yet to emerge,' he suggests. 'But if and when they do, the things they build could be jaw-dropping.
You mean they would be as good as real programmers? (i.e., People who use Javascript on the client side and something meatier for the server app.)
>> RTFA
Dude, on Slashdot? Really?
>>>> copyrights and patents that can be deferred just about forever.
>> No idea where you're taking that from
Couple of places. There's a reason companies employ lawyers, after all.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copyright_Term_Extension_Act
http://io9.com/5865283/three-sleazy-moves-pharmaceutical-companies-use-to-extend-drug-patents
>> Then, after a few years, the license automatically changes to an open source license.
The "automatically changes" sounds more like the BS "sunset" clauses that go into evil but "temporary" legislation that increases taxes, increases surveillance, drops environmental protections and the like. Or copyrights and patents that can be deferred just about forever.
>> Obama called for new efforts to deal with extreme weather like Hurricane Sandy.
Like move coastal populations so we aren't always on the hook for rebuilding people's beach houses?
>> the plan calls for the end of U.S. support for financing coal power plants in foreign countries
We're doing what? And they wonder why taxpayers hate the federal government...
I know a lot of us have heard or seen the "NSA box" in our closets, but now it's official:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/jun/06/nsa-phone-records-verizon-court-order
Off-topic, I know, but this one is boring. (Everyone already knows class action suits screw consumers.)